Help vs. Assist
Helpnoun
(uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
Helpnoun
Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
Helpnoun
Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
Helpnoun
One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
Helpnoun
(uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
Helpverb
(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
Helpverb
(transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
Helpverb
(transitive) To contribute in some way to.
Helpverb
(intransitive) To provide assistance.
Helpverb
(transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
Helpinterjection
A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance
Helpverb
To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; - the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony."
Helpverb
To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
Helpverb
To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; - sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object.
Helpverb
To change for the better; to remedy.
Helpverb
To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
Helpverb
To forbear; to avoid.
Helpverb
To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
Helpverb
To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
Helpnoun
Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars.
Helpnoun
Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
Helpnoun
A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
Helpnoun
Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.
Helpnoun
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
Helpnoun
a resource;
Helpnoun
a means of serving;
Helpnoun
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
Helpverb
give help or assistance; be of service;
Helpverb
be of use;
Helpverb
improve the condition of;
Helpverb
abstain from doing; always used with a negative;
Helpverb
contribute to the furtherance of;
Helpverb
improve; change for the better;
Helpverb
help to some food; help with food or drink;
Helpverb
take or use;
Helpverb
make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering them one's services or resources
Helpverb
improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to
Helpverb
assist (someone) to move
Helpverb
assist someone to put on or take off (a garment)
Helpverb
serve someone with (food or drink)
Helpverb
take something without permission
Helpverb
cannot or could not avoid
Helpverb
cannot or could not stop oneself from doing something
Helpnoun
the action of helping someone to do something
Helpnoun
the fact of being useful
Helpnoun
a person or thing that helps
Helpnoun
a domestic employee
Helpnoun
giving assistance to a computer user in the form of displayed instructions
Helpinterjection
used as an appeal for urgent assistance
Assistverb
To help.
Assistverb
(sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
Assistverb
(medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
Assistverb
(archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
Assistverb
(archaic) To attend at}}
Assistnoun
A helpful action or an act of giving.
Assistnoun
(sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals
Assistnoun
(soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
Assistnoun
(baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
Assistverb
To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.
Assistverb
To lend aid; to help.
Assistverb
To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting.
Assistnoun
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
Assistnoun
(sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
Assistverb
give help or assistance; be of service;
Assistverb
act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
Assistverb
work for or be a servant to;
